In Milton, Massachusetts, the snow is level with the top my 6-foot fence. Ginger, my 9-pound puppy, could easily jump right over into another yard. Whoever thought that would be a worry? She’s like a snow plow, powering through drifts, unstoppable. Not me. The glaciers forming on my driveway defeat me.

A lot of the early buzz about “Fresh Off the Boat” focused on the show’s status as the first family sitcom featuring Asian Americans since Margaret Cho’s “All American Girl” in 1995. The two-decade gap put a lot of pressure on the show before it...

WEEK IN RELIGIONPope Francis made a surprise visit to a shantytown in Rome earlier this month, visiting the laborers from countries like Peru and Ecuador who reside there in rudimentary shacks made of wood, concrete and metal.

Jesus Christ is getting the Hollywood treatment once again, and life is still rough for the guy. National Geographic Channel has announced a premiere date and released the first trailer for Killing Jesus, the latest production in the...